Adults who can usually get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted, by educationa, United States, 2002 |
| Population group | Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 27.0 | 0.7 | 25.6 | 1.3 | 28.0 | 1.2 | 27.0 | 1.1 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 28.1 | 1.0 | 27.9 | 2.0 | 29.1 | 1.8 | 27.5 | 1.4 |
| 45-64 | 28.1 | 1.1 | 27.0 | 2.5 | 29.2 | 1.7 | 27.7 | 1.9 | |
| 65 and over | 22.2 | 1.4 | 20.6 | 2.2 | 22.8 | 2.1 | 23.2 | 2.8 | |
| Gender | Male | 26.8 | 0.9 | 25.0 | 1.8 | 29.0 | 1.6 | 26.2 | 1.6 |
| Female | 27.1 | 0.8 | 26.1 | 1.7 | 27.2 | 1.5 | 27.5 | 1.3 | |
| Race | White, single race | 26.9 | 0.8 | 26.4 | 1.4 | 28.4 | 1.4 | 26.1 | 1.2 |
| Black, single race | 24.2 | 1.5 | 20.5 | 2.6 | 22.2 | 2.6 | 29.3 | 2.3 | |
| Asian, single race | 34.3 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Multiple races | 33.9 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 26.7 | 0.7 | 25.9 | 1.5 | 27.5 | 1.2 | 26.5 | 1.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 26.6 | 0.8 | 26.9 | 1.7 | 27.9 | 1.4 | 25.4 | 1.3 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 24.3 | 1.5 | 20.7 | 2.7 | 22.1 | 2.6 | 29.4 | 2.3 | |
| Hispanic (all races) | 29.2 | 1.7 | 24.3 | 2.4 | 32.3 | 3.4 | 33.7 | 3.7 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 25.9 | 1.4 | 23.2 | 2.2 | 30.6 | 2.7 | 23.5 | 3.5 |
| Near poor/low | 26.9 | 1.4 | 25.6 | 2.1 | 25.0 | 2.5 | 31.7 | 2.7 | |
| Middle | 27.3 | 1.2 | 25.1 | 2.2 | 27.8 | 2.1 | 28.0 | 2.0 | |
| High | 27.1 | 1.2 | 29.7 | 3.5 | 29.0 | 2.2 | 25.9 | 1.5 | |
| Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 28.4 | 0.9 | 30.0 | 2.2 | 29.1 | 1.7 | 27.6 | 1.2 |
| Public only | 28.2 | 1.6 | 24.5 | 2.4 | 32.2 | 3.0 | 29.1 | 4.4 | |
| Uninsured | 26.0 | 1.7 | 25.7 | 3.0 | 26.0 | 3.2 | 26.3 | 3.4 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 25.7 | 2.9 | 22.5 | 3.6 | 27.8 | 4.3 | * | * |
| Medicare and private | 20.9 | 1.9 | 19.8 | 3.7 | 20.7 | 2.6 | 21.7 | 3.3 | |
| Medicare and other public | 19.2 | 2.8 | 19.3 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 27.3 | 0.9 | 24.8 | 1.8 | 26.6 | 1.6 | 28.9 | 1.5 |
| Metropolitan-small | 27.0 | 1.4 | 29.7 | 2.8 | 28.4 | 2.2 | 24.3 | 2.0 | |
| Micropolitan | 26.1 | 1.5 | 22.6 | 2.3 | 31.5 | 2.9 | 23.3 | 2.3 | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 24.2 | 2.5 | 19.9 | 3.7 | 24.2 | 4.8 | * | * | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 29.9 | 5.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 27.0 | 0.7 | 26.3 | 1.4 | 27.9 | 1.2 | 26.5 | 1.2 |
| Other | 26.9 | 2.1 | 22.3 | 2.4 | 28.4 | 4.4 | 33.3 | 5.0 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 26.8 | 0.7 | 26.2 | 1.4 | 28.0 | 1.2 | 26.1 | 1.2 |
| No | 28.4 | 1.8 | 23.0 | 2.4 | 28.0 | 4.0 | 33.4 | 3.8 | |
a Persons age 18 and over. Less than high school graduate refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.
b Negative or poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
c See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.